# Entering special characters

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934 "2021-09-03T17:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![k-dx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@k-dx](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/k-dx)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934/1 "2021-09-03T17:30:32Z")

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Hi,  
I can’t enter special characters (i. e. äöëß) in Anki. Entering them anywhere else on the system works.

More info: I use a system keyboard layout to enter those via \< right Alt (AltGr) + letter \>.

Of course I tried googling the subject but to no avail.

Windows 10 1909  
Anki version 2.1.47 (dc156f34)⁩  
Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934/2 "2021-09-04T05:43:02Z")

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This is an issue with the toolkit Anki uses, and using an international keyboard layout can work around it: [Adding/Editing - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#inputting-foreign-characters-and-accents)

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**Author:** ![k-dx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@k-dx](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/k-dx)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934/3 "2021-09-04T07:03:44Z")

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Thank you for the reply. That really is a shame, especially with Anki being such a good way to learn languages. This isn’t a full solution, as I cannot type “fluently” with the suggested way of entering special chars. Now I not only need to learn the language, but also a way to enter it - which is another thing to overcome.

But I also image that changing the toolkit would be very hard.

EDIT: It turns out I can type special chars in the “tags” field (when adding a new note) just fine!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/entering-special-characters/12934/4 "2023-05-01T04:52:23Z")

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